I'm having a hard time with my initial diet

[Kandie Thomas 0]

Hi guys... I'm new to this app. My surgery isn't until April but I'm having a hard time figuring out WHAT TO EAT on this 1500 calorie diet. Please help me with some suggestions.

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[Sosewsue61 3,185]

What are the requirements? How much Protein, carbs, fats, sugar?

Use a free app like Baritastic or Lose It, it will break all that down for you.

[Roadrunner 1 10]

I second what the previous person said. I can add to that as well. The best single recipe site I find countless recipes on is pinterest. It would serve you really well to begin reducing your sugar, while increasing your Protein. Also try to practice eating your protein first (which is what the dietician advises post-op). I was as low as 1800-2k calories a day fairly steadily before getting approved. The major hinderance to my weight decreasing on that plan was too much carbs and drinking with almost every meal. If it helps think of your digestive system kind of like a furnace. It is meant to burn whats put in as fuel. It cant do that well if liquids slow down that process. Carbs also affect how much you retain Water.

You want to stay away from refined sugars, foods with alot of sodium and/or preservatives. The more natural the better which is why plenty of ppl on hear do so much better eliminating fast food. You can still get healthy food out and about just look at the numbers on sites like myfitnesspal or sites of places you like that list their nutrition stats. Forgive me if I'm going on a bit. i want to be as helpful as possible while giving good explanation. If you have any more questions feel free to message me.